Blake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4166(1): 1-93., available online athttp://mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4166.1 page(s): 50-52, fig. 25, table 1 [pages 75, 79], table 2 [page 84] [details]
Holotype USNM 1407165, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone
Holotype USNM 1407165, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Type locality abyssal plain, Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Northeast Pacific Ocean, 12.9171°, -128.5909°, 4879 m [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology author: "fragilis, is from Latin, and refers to the narrow fragile nature of this species." Adjectival.
Etymology author: "fragilis, is from Latin, and refers to the narrow fragile nature of this species." Adjectival. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Kirkegaardia fragilis Blake, 2016. Accessed through: Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2024) Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/ccz/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884750 on 2024-10-15
Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2024). Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist. Kirkegaardia fragilis Blake, 2016. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/CCZ/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884750 on 2024-10-15
original descriptionBlake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4166(1): 1-93., available online athttp://mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4166.1 page(s): 50-52, fig. 25, table 1 [pages 75, 79], table 2 [page 84] [details]
context source (Deepsea)Blake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4166(1): 1-93., available online athttp://mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4166.1[details]
additional sourceBlake, J. A. (2019). New species of Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from abyssal depths of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, North Equatorial Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4629(2): 151-187., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4629.2.1 page(s): 179-180, no figure; note: additonal 2 records from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 1407165, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
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Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details] Etymology author: "fragilis, is from Latin, and refers to the narrow fragile nature of this species." Adjectival. [details] Type locality abyssal plain, Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Northeast Pacific Ocean, 12.9171°, -128.5909°, 4879 m [details]